By Saturday afternoon, firefighters were working in 60 settlements from 16 districts and in the city of Bucharest, where the effects of the bad weather were recorded. Ten national highways and 37 district roads remained closed to traffic. At the same time, power outages are observed in 122 settlements of seven counties.

Snowy roadsPhoto: Inquam Photos / Alex Nicodim

“Today, in the time interval 07:00-16:30, the consequences were recorded in 60 settlements from 16 districts (AG, BC, BR, BZ, CT, DB, GL, GR, HD, IF, PH, TR, TL, V .L., VS and V.N.) and the city of Bucharest, where operational teams performed the task of unblocking several vehicles stuck in the snow, as well as clearing 25 trees and 11 electric poles, 5 cars, 1 farm building and a damaged roof . multi-apartment building,” reports IGSU.

In the areas affected by bad weather, the following measures are in place: ensuring the operational efficiency of all categories of means and equipment, ensuring response actions with the aim of conducting a maneuver of forces and means in the shortest possible time. possible time; ensuring constancy at the level of local authorities in areas subject to bad weather regulations; convening of extraordinary meetings at the level of county emergency committees of Vranca and Buzeu counties; activation of district centers of coordination and management of the intervention through the implementation of operational teams at the level of emergency inspections in 6 districts (AG, BR, BZ, DB, PH, VN); increasing operational capacity at the level of emergency inspections of Buzeu and Vranca counties. In order to prevent situations that could pose a threat to citizens, a warning message was sent through the Ro-alert system throughout the day.

At the same time, in order to quickly activate response actions to registered emergency situations, respectively, to manage the consequences caused by dangerous weather phenomena, the National Committee for Emergency Situations decided on Saturday to introduce a state of alarm in Vranca county.

As part of the rescue missions in the counties of Buzeu, Vranca, Braila, Galati, firefighters took 4 pregnant women stuck in cars and transported them safely to the nearest medical facilities for specialized medical care, for example, to take two other people , which required dialysis.

Regarding road traffic, 10 national roads are blocked due to snow (DN 22/BZ, DN 2C/BZ, DN 23B/VN, DN 2N/VN, DN 23A/VN, DN 23/BR, DN 2R/VN , DN 2L /VN , DN 2M/VN, DN 25/GL) and 37 provincial roads (DJ 203C/BZ, DJ 203G/BZ, DJ 102H/BZ, DJ 202/BZ, DJ 203/BZ, DJ 214A/BZ, DJ 203I/BZ , DJ 203D/BZ, DJ 220/BZ, DJ 713/DB, DJ 204P/VN, DJ 204B/VN, DJ 202F/VN, DJ 202E/VN, DJ 204L/VN, DJ 204E/VN, DJ 205C/VN , DJ 205E/VN, DJ 204E/VN, DJ 204D/VN, DJ 205L/VN, DJ 242E/GL, DJ 251G/GL, DJ 254/GL, DJ 253/GL, DJ 255/ GL, DJ 251 /GL , DJ 119A/BC, DJ 211/BR, DJ 203/BR, DJ 203T/BR, DJ 203A, DJ 244A, DJ 284A, SJ 243B, DJ 713/DB and DJ 251G/GL).

“Currently, rescuers are continuing in the counties of Bacău, Braila, Buzău, Dambovica, Galaţi, Vaslui and Vranca to unblock vehicles stuck in the snow, as well as to clear fallen trees on the roadway,” the message said. IGSU.

In terms of power supply, outages are recorded in 122 settlements in 7 districts (AG, BR, BZ, DB, GL, PH and VN), but specialized teams are working on the ground to rectify the situation as soon as possible and return to normal.

(source: news.ro)